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Website. jonesboro .org. Jonesboro ( / ˈdʒoʊnzbʌrə /) is a city located on Crowley's Ridge in the northeastern corner of the U.S. State of Arkansas. Jonesboro is one of two county seats of Craighead County. In 2022, the city had an estimated population of 79,876, [4] making it the fifth-most populous city in Arkansas.
The Jonesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – Craighead and Poinsett – in northeast Arkansas, anchored by the city of Jonesboro. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 121,026 (a July 1, 2012 estimate has placed the population at 124,042). [1]
St. Bernards Medical Center. / 35.8365003; -90.7025422. St. Bernards Medical Center is a 440-bed acute-care hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas. [1] The hospital, established on July 5, 1900, is the flagship facility of its nonprofit parent, St. Bernards Healthcare, serving as a regional referral center for 23 counties in northeast Arkansas and ...
History. A-State was founded as the First District Agricultural School in Jonesboro in 1909 by the Arkansas Legislature as a regional agricultural training school.Robert W. Glover, a Missionary Baptist pastor who served in both houses of the Arkansas Legislature from Sheridan (1905–1912), introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges ...
The Community Center No. 1 is a historic government building at 1212 South Church Street in Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA. It is a single-story building, faced in buff brick, with a stylish Art Deco entrance area consisting of towers and projections made of smooth white concrete. The entrance is flanked by large flat-roof sections which house ...
Centennial Bank Stadium. / 35.84889°N 90.66722°W / 35.84889; -90.66722. Centennial Bank Stadium is a football stadium located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the campus of Arkansas State University that is home to the Arkansas State Red Wolves football team. The stadium opened in 1974 as Indian Stadium named after the old nickname of the ...
Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 111,231. [1] The county has two county seats — Jonesboro and Lake City. [2] Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and named for state Senator Thomas Craighead.
Highway 141 ( AR 141 and Hwy. 141) is designation for two north–south state highways in Northeast Arkansas. The longer segment was created in 1931 and extended throughout the mid-20th century to the current alignment connecting Jonesboro and points north. The Jonesboro segment was a former city street added to the state highway system in 1973.